Still think NSA-leaker Edward Snowden is a hero?

[MADem]

16. I just can't see the desire for "fame" as being worth giving up one's family

and fiancee; to say nothing of that laid-back Hawaiian lifestyle.

Even if he lied about his salary and "only" made 122K, that's not a bad payday at all for someone of his age and stage in life. You can have a lot of fun with that paycheck; I know folks who would kill for a paycheck one third or even one fourth that size.

I hope he had his Chinese Language Rosetta Stone in his suitcase; he's gonna need it. I think he'll try to hang on in Hong Kong as long as he can, but eventually he'll either have to go behind the wall in China or come home.

Hong Kong is nice, probably nicer today with all the new construction, but even years ago, for such a crowded place, it got small very quickly. There's the HK side, the Kowloon side, and the New Territories... and that's it. It's a very amusing cage, but it is a very vertical town and not all that big. How many floating restaurants can you eat at, how many ferry rides can you take? A great place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there...much too crowded for my tastes.

Well, he's such a hot commodity these days, with all the young ladies throwing themselves at him, maybe he has hopes of being the Edward Chen of this decade for as long as he hangs out in HK...?